David Beckham has filed an appeal to a Californian court in a dramatic bid to overturn another judge’s decision to throw out his $25 million libel lawsuit against a celebrity magazine over false claims he slept with a high-priced hooker.

“Notice is hereby given that Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant David Beckham hereby appears to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,” the terse two page court filing, obtained by RadarOnline.com, reads.

The court admitted that Beckham had pointed out “potential red flags” in Nici’s story that the magazine should have picked up on and further investigated.

One source connected to the case told RadarOnline.com: “Among those red flags, we believe, were Bauer’s refusal to obtain even a shred of documentary evidence from Nici, Bauer’s apparent long-running desire to run a disparaging story about David, Bauer’s failure to contact the hotels where these alleged affairs took place, Bauer’s reliance on paid informants who also happen to be admitted criminals and Bauer’s failure to give David a reasonable time to provide details demonstrating the story was false, before it was published.”